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  • Kenning

    A compound word in Old English poetry that replaces the usual name for something, often involving metonymy.

  • Kyrielle

    A Middle French verse form composed of quatrains which each share the same second and fourth lines. An English example is Thomas Campion's "With broken heart and contrite sigh."